Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
"Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Co...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436532006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Paradoxical Politics: Negotiating the Contradictions of Political Authority
- 2. Theories of Power and Legitimacy in Archaeological Contexts: The Emergent Regime of Power at the Formative Maya Community of Ceibal, Guatemala
- 3. Negotiating Political Authority and Community in Terminal Formative Coastal Oaxaca
- 4. Conflicting Political Strategies in Late Formative to Early Classic Central Jalisco
- 5. Patron Deities and Politics among the Classic Maya
- 6. Entangled Political Strategies: Rulership, Bureaucracy, and Intermediate Elites at Teotihuacan
- 7. Landscapes, Lordships, and Sovereignty in Mesoamerica
- 8. Ruling "Purépecha Chichimeca" in a Tarascan World
- 9. Reflections on the Archaeopolitical: Pursuing the Universal within a Unity of Opposites
- List of Contributors
- Index.
